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‘SuperChem VR’ Shows Impressive, Engaging Gamification of Chemistry Lab Education

I Expect You to Die developer Schell Games have released a trailer for their latest project SuperChem VR, an incredibly fun looking way to teach chemistry and perhaps a glimpse into the potential future for VR in education. We've seen...

Beautiful PvP Space Explorer ‘Detached’ Gets Official Steam Release May 18th

Already on Steam Early access, the very pretty online PvP space explorer / dueller Detached from developers Anshar gets a new, official release on May 18th with a sprinkle of new features and a new multiplayer map. Described by Polish...

The Extremes of Mental Presence: Cognitive Enhancement, Biohacking, Psychedelics, & Transhumanism

Eric Metzner identifies as a Techno-Optimistic Futurist who sometimes works an entire second workday within VR exploring different ways to expand his mind. He's pushing the limits of mental presence by using nootropic supplements for cognitive enhancement from his...

New PlayStation VR Bundle Adds Free Camera, Saves You $59

Right now, Amazon and Best Buy are running a promotional bundle which includes the core PSVR package with a PlayStation Camera thrown in for free, saving you a respectable $59. As we reported, Sony's PlayStation VR headset has seen an...
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Watch: NeosVR “Metaverse Engine” World Building in Action, Latest Version Adds Cloud Functionality

Solirax's latest alpha release of its collaborative "metaverse engine" NeosVR has reached an important milestone, adding the ability to save your VR worlds and experiences to the cloud and enjoy other creator's virtual projects at the wave of a...

Why 360 Film is in the Midst of a Reboot – Part 1: Tech

The 360 film industry is still young and it's maturing rapidly. With his name on more than 20 360 film projects to date, Armando Kirwin has had an inside view as to where things started, where they're going, and why. Guest...

US Legislators Form VR-centric “Reality Caucus” to Guide Immersive Technology Policy

Yesterday five US congressional representatives announced the formation of a 'Congressional Caucus on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality'. The bipartisan caucus will be co-chaired by: Yvette Clarke (D-New York) Suzan DelBene (D-Washington) Bill Flores (R-Texas)' Darrell Issa (R-California) Ted Lieu...

Why the Closure of Oculus Story Studio is Good News for VR Filmmakers

Oculus just officially announced that they'd be winding down Story Studio, the company's internal VR film studio which produced first-party VR shorts like Lost, Henry, and Dear Angelica. Along with the closure, the company also says they're earmarking $50 million to...

Meta Expects to Ship 10,000 AR Dev Kits in 2017

The Meta 2 augmented reality dev kit began pre-orders in March of 2016 and has apparently seen quite a bit of interest. By the end of 2016, the company says they began shipping the first Meta 2 dev kits,...

Exclusive: Baobab’s ‘Rainbow Crow’ is Pushing VR Film Visuals into Beautiful New Territory

By now it's trite to call any CG VR film studio "the Pixar of VR," but one reason for that pervasive comparison is that Pixar's waxy-textured, brightly-colored, hard-edged geometry has become a dominant style for big-budget CG films. But we hear over...